Teaching Time Relationship in the Elementary Schools

Presents three classes where in activities for developing new principles involved in understanding time are given in accordance with the maturation level, interests, and abilities of the children. First-grade children, through direct observation, learn how long it takes to color white flowers placed in colored water. A second-grade class observes the planting of lima beans and records their observations on both the calendar and a mural type of time line. Photographs taken at intervals give third-grade pupils a point of reference for developing and understanding the terms before, after, how much before, and how much after. , Presents three classes where in activities for developing new principles involved in understanding time are given in accordance with the maturation level, interests, and abilities of the children. First-grade children, through direct observation, learn how long it takes to color white flowers placed in colored water. A second-grade class observes the planting of lima beans and records their observations on both the calendar and a mural type of time line. Photographs taken at intervals give third-grade pupils a point of reference for developing and understanding the terms before, after, how much before, and how much after.